The AEF suffered 26,277 killed and 95,786 wounded, while the Germans The largest US battle of the Great War, it resulted in Germany’sĬapitulation. The Big Show (US) the Meuse-Argonne Offensive (26 September to 11 November 1918), near Theīattle claimed over 1 million lives: 400,000 British Imperial, 200,000 French andĥ00,000 German. Foughtįrom 1 July to 18 November 1916, the Allies advancing less than six miles. See “Paris Gun.” The Big Push (UK) the Battle of the Somme (1916) later known as the Great Cock-Up. Used during the assault upon Verdun from February 1916. Big Bertha German 42-cm howitzer with a 15 km range built by Gustav Krupp’s factories inġ914 and nicknamed after his wife. berm area at the back of a trench ledge used to keep grenades from rolling into trench. bellied when a tank’s underside is caught upon an obstacle so high that its tracksĬannot grip the earth. Of those 100,000 soldiers, the BEF had lost 50,000 by December 1914. BEF British Expeditionary Force name given to the original four infantry and oneĬavalry divisions of the Regular British Army that went to France in August 1914. battleship the largest warships with the heaviest gun armaments and armor. Haversack put in its place, to reduce weight and facilitate movement in action. battle order British term for reduced infantry equipment the pack was removed and the To 8 guns of a particular type (e.g., howitzers). battery artillery section consisting of about 150 soldiers under a major and armed with 4 Officers and 750 soldiers this varied widely from army to army andįrom period to period. battalion basic infantry unit under a lieutenant-colonel and comprising about 35 Lowered, to force enemy aircraft to fly higher out of fear of entanglement in theĬables, where they would be at greater risk from heavy anti-aircraft fire. barrage balloon hydrogen-filled balloons, moored by a cable by which they could be raised or On a specific area designed to destroy the enemy or make them keep their heads down. barrage barrier of excessive, continuous artillery or machine gun fire in “lines” B bantam members of battalions between 5’1” and 5’4.” barracks buildings specifically designed for occupation by military personnel. attrition strategy of wearing down the enemy through continual attack and pressure. army group two or more armies under the command of a field marshal generally betweenĤ00,000 and one million soldiers of all ranks, the largest land force formation. army two or more corps under a general between 120,000 and 200,000 soldiers.
See “Gallipoli.” archie anti-aircraft gun or gunnery. The Anzacs landed at the so-called Anzac Area on the west coast of the ANZAC Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Amiens hut temporary structure of canvas on a frame used at British base camps. Alleyman British slang for a German soldier from the French “Allemand.” AMC Armed Merchant Cruiser: large civilian vessel armed as auxiliary cruiser. aerial burst artillery shell detonating at a certain height to rain shrapnel on entrenched troops Allied Powers almost 30 nations joined against the Central Powers the principal ones wereīritain and its Empire (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India),įrance, Belgium, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Japan and the USA also called Allies. aerial torpedo finned mortar bomb dropped from an aircraft. The AEF suffered 264,000 casualties (including 50,500 killed in battle and 25,000 killed by disease). Woodrow Wilson sent the AEF to the Western Front under the command of General John Pershing.īy July 1918, there were over a million US soldiers in France. AEF American Expeditionary Force the US declared war in April 1917 and President Advance to Victory name sometimes given to the period starting on 8 August 1918 and ending on 11 November 1918 Now incorporated into the Ministry of Defence. Admiralty British Department responsible for all aspects of the Navy’s operations, supplies, ordnance, pay, manning, etc. ack-ack anti-aircraft fire from the military phonetic alphabet “A-A.” ADC aide-de-camp (Fr.), military officer acting as secretary and confidential assistant to a superior officer. ACI Advance Center of Information, a point in advance of a Post of Command, where messages and information could be sent. At first simply a fine flier, but later the French singled out fliers who had downed at least fiveĮnemy planes as “aces” (the highest card in the deck). A-1 men were fit for general service overseas. With each category graded on a scale of 1 to 3. By 1916 the British War Office had created an ABC system of classification for the Department of Recruiting,
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